To help your children succeed, get involved with their schools and what they are doing. Join the PTA or PTO. And don't overload the kids. Remember, they're kids.

Written by

SARAH ALBERT
USA Weekend

Parental involvement is one of the clearest indicators of a child's success, says journalist Ron Berler, who spent a year inside a failing elementary in Norwalk, Conn., studying the school, teachers and families.